Marriage equality, revisited: Two years after Proposition 8, California sees changing opinions

Posted on Jul 30, 2010 at 07:30 am

If a vote similar to Proposition 8 upholding a ban on the freedom to marry were held tomorrow, a majority of Californians say they would cast ballots in favor of allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry, according to a survey released last week.

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Entangling marriage into a political jujitsu

Posted on Jul 29, 2010 at 05:56 pm

Steve Chapman: "The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) specializes in a form of political jujitsu, leveraging its foes' weight against them."

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6 same-sex couples in Hawaii sue following civil unions veto

Posted on Jul 29, 2010 at 03:43 pm

Six same-sex couples in Hawaii are filing a lawsuit Thursday asking for the same rights as married couples, three weeks after Gov. Linda Lingle vetoed a civil unions measure for same-sex couples.

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Summer for Marriage hits Minnesota

Posted on Jul 29, 2010 at 12:06 pm

In yet another successful day on the Freedom to Marry Summer for Marriage tour, equality supporters outnumbered NOM supporters as their “One Man, One Woman” tour bus stopped in St. Paul, MN on Wednesday. Even though NOM recorded its highest turnout to date—about 163 supporters of discrimination against gay couples—Minnesotans continued sending the message of equality that supporters of the freedom to marry have been sending all over the country this summer.

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Equality supporters outnumber NOM supporters 8 - 1

Posted on Jul 28, 2010 at 04:02 pm

In the biggest turnout yet on the pro-equality Summer for Marriage Tour, 466 Wisconsinites marched through the streets of Madison, peacefully chanting their support for the freedom to marry. There were so many supporters there yesterday, you almost have to see it to believe it:

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Is this how NOM is “protecting” marriage?

Posted on Jul 28, 2010 at 02:40 pm

Yesterday, we launched a petition calling on National Organization for Marriage to end their increasingly hateful attacks against gay and lesbian families after a NOM supporter in Indianapolis proudly carried a sign calling for the murder of gay couples. Now comes this video interview of a young woman saying she was punched by a NOM supporter. The video is part of NOM Tour Tracker, a partnership between Courage Campaign and Freedom to Marry to document the Summer for Marriage Tour.

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Speaking of children…

Posted on Jul 27, 2010 at 01:00 pm

Spencer Weinreich, one of Freedom to Marry's summer interns, explores the role marriage equality plays in the lives of gay and lesbian children who are often left out of the debate.

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Excluded: a bi-national couple’s struggle to stay together

Posted on Jul 27, 2010 at 11:50 am

Lisa Bell’s film “Excluded” shows pursuit of a loving bi-national couple’s pursuit of finding a place where they can build their lives and grow old together. After 17 years the journey goes on…

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Tell NOM to end their attacks against gay and lesbian families now

Posted on Jul 27, 2010 at 09:34 am

We knew that National Organization for Marriage opposed marriage for gay and lesbian families, but this is unbelievable.

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Sign at NOM Rally Calls for Murder of Gay Couples

Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 10:54 pm

Earlier tonight, Bilerico.com broke the story that at today's anti-gay National Organization for Marriage rally in Indianapolis, a NOM supporter called for the murder of gay couples. The supporter's sign states that the "Solution to Marriage" is that gay people should "be put to death" and quotes Leviticus 20:13 ("Their blood shall be upon them"). In case his quotation was not clear enough, the sign includes an image of two nooses.

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